We were/are told the UK is outperforming everyone in Europe, which is clearly a lie.
When comparing inflation over the last 12 months, the UK’s rate has proportionally grown more than all but Spain, Belgium and Ireland.
And if you compare the current rate with our closest neighbours, the UK’s CPI is at the upper end of the scale.
However, it is not as extreme as Spain (6.1%), the Netherlands (6.4%) or Belgium (7.59%) and only sits 0.2% above the EU average.
When you take into account the direction of travel of inflation rates, a more nuanced picture emerges.
UK prices grew 0.1% in January 2022 compared to December 2021, which was in line with the EU average.
The real picture is we are a little above the EU average. Not doing better than all of Europe.
It matters not now, that inflation was whatever when Labour was in power when arguing this particular point.
Same as it doesn't matter that Thatcher created the biggest unemployed totals and would have been voted out if it wasn't for the Falklands. Very opportune that but another argument.
Or that they have continuously created more debt in the UK every time they are in power, in fact, creating more debt than every other government combined since 1901.
It doesn't matter that the NHS was created on Labours watch, a service so incredible and game-changing that the Tories now try to claim to be proponents of and a service that no doubt everyone on here has at some time used and saved thousands in doing so.
The fact that they increased the UK debt by over 850 billion, during the worst austerity since the war and whilst claiming the UK was bankrupt, and they were able to give away 94 billion in tax concession to big corporations, who had neither asked or expected it, should be a wake-up call for everyone who has even a modicum of intelligence.
The problem is the continuous lies more than by any other politician in UK history.
